What Is So Rare as a Day in June, the poet James Russell Lowell asked. Yesterday was as perfect for me as any day on earth is going to be. In the first place, the weather cooperated. The sky was azure, the trees, newly green. My family spent the day with me and set up my […]
May 3, 2014
On the Street Where I Live
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Remember that song, “On the Street Where You Live”, from the Broadway Musical, “My Fair Lady”? I recall the recording of it made by Vic Damone. I truly enjoyed that song and,of course, memorized it and sang along. My street is dear to me for a slightly different reason than Vic’s. Of course, when I […]
Apr 30, 2014
Imagine That!
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Imagination is a gift. It is sort of like a beautiful thoroughbred racehorse. It can take me to many places, thrilling, wonderful places, many of which I’ve never seen. With my imagination, I lead adventure after adventure, solve mysteries, and meet exciting people. With my imagination, I can answer that age-old question, What if? On […]
Apr 29, 2014
Willful, Wistful, Wonderful Words
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I got up this morning thinking about words. A politician on the national scene is in hot water for a word he used a couple of days ago and now he wishes to walk the word back. How do you do that? Many times, I’ve wished I could “walk a word back” but once it’s […]
Apr 27, 2014
Approaching Danger
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A real life mystery this morning…will we actually have a severe thunderstorm or will we not? The weatherman is saying the atmosphere is going to be so unstable that it could produce tornadoes! And, he mentioned hail as big as…well, I can’t even fathom. I was out in one hailstorm in my car and I […]
Apr 26, 2014
Blanche’s Birthday Abounds with Blessings
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Yesterday morning, I picked up the phone and heard four beautiful voices singing,” Happy Birthday to you.” It was Matt, Dawn, Sara, and Nathan, starting my day off right. And, the whole day was like that–full of happy surprises. Phone calls, birthday cards in the mail, email wishes, a visit from Peg (she didn’t know […]
